Hi John.
We're going to need a little more info.

Are the computers (laptops / desktops) joined to a domain? (Same domain?)
What do you support? Windows XP / Windows Vista / Mac OS x / Linux / They
bring it, you support it?

Do the users have administrative control over the computers?  Does your
group have administrative control over the computers?

Is there a budget, or does this have no funding?

Answering the above questions and we can offer opinions on what will help
you the best.

Some of the options are:

Computers are on a domain:

   - Publish an 802.1x wireless profile via Active Directory. (if you go
   this route, you don't even need to purchase your own Cert)

Computers not on a domain, users are administrators of they're machine:

   - http://www.cloudpath.net/  They make a utility that will auto configure
   your 802.1x settings (as well as deploy some patches and AV software among
   other things)
   - Write your own script that auto configures the OS.


The parting bit of advice I have for you is that you should consider getting
a real certificate for your Radius server.  Check out
http://certs.ipsca.com/ for free certs for .edu's.  (There are
considerations for using this CA.  They're based out of Spain, just so you
know)

On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 4:53 PM, john <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I work for a K-12 school district with approx 2000 users that wants to
> move to .1x with  Freeradius  for access control for all wired and
> wireless users. Our target for implementation is early fall. I am
> looking for best practices/how to's  that I can use to make this a
> smooth as possible.
>
> Any links to resources that you consider especially useful would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks very much!
>
> John
>
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